/lit/ - Literature

>>18381336
>From a /trad/ POV, what is the American tradition?
I'm not /trad/ but it's money and capitalism because the United States grew up on that basis. Americans are very pragmatic and they think of ideas much like commodities and try to pick and choose from the best according to their quality, whereas ideas and traditions in the old world would be seen as things that one cannot arbitrarily pick and choose.

We're just a country of used car salesman, and our dream is just a goal with a deadline. That's the double-whammy fulfillment you get when you sit inside this new car which everyone is going to see you driving. It's aspirational like that. If you have any objections, well, from our perspective, those objections are just requests for further information and we're happy to help.

*dangles car keys*